NEWS TIPS newsroom@tbw.com.au NEWS 7 O L P $15,000 TO BE WON • $1,000 BANK ACCOUNT DRAWN WEEKLY shop at these businesses for your chance to COMMUNITY HAND-UP: Stand Like Stone chair Sue Charlton (left) and OneFortyOne chief operating officer Owen Trumper (right) hand a $10,000 donation to Independent Learning Centre manager David Burt and construction mentor Daniel Clark. Project builds funds Students to renovate hall into family home EARL ASHLEY ashley@tbw.com.au a key gathering place, the disused Mount Schank War Memorial Hall property is set for an overhaul that will serve a new purpose for the community. The Mount Gambi er Independent Learning Centre (ILC) building trades students will give the hall a much-needed facelift - renovating it into a residential home - under the guidance of experienced builders and tradespeople. The ILC has received a Stand Like Stone and OneFortyOne community capacity building grant of $20,000 over two years to help with the project at the hall. Eligible projects were assessed on ability to build comm- unity capacity. Stand Like Stone chair Sue Charlton said she was excited by the partnership with the forestry company to deliver grants through the successful foundation and was eager to see what future benefits it will bring to the community. “I South Australian Certificate of Education. Students will develop skills in trade, literacy and numeracy, as well as cultural, physical and mental development. ILC building trades student look forward to future projects where we can assist the community in capacity building,” she said. “We do not give hand-outs, I like to say we give hand-ups - grant applicants have to prove their projects will affect the community in a positive way into the future. “The Mount Schank Hall development project ticks all of the boxes - it will provide lifelong skills for students and develop the hall into a residential home.” The project will provide on-the- job training for students as they progress towards achieving their Jail term suspended for string of driving offences A YOUNG man admitted methamphetamine was “wrecking his life”, but claims he has made positive changes since moving to the South East. Dane Andrews, 26, pleaded guilty in the Mount Gambier Magistrates Court to multiple counts of driving while not authorised and with drugs in his system. The offending spans from November last year when he was caught by police at Port Noarlunga for driving while disqualified. He also tested positive to methamphetamine and cannabis. Andrews again tested positive to the drugs when he was detected by police in an Adelaide suburb in January this year. After relocating to the South East, Andrews was stopped by police for a mobile screening in Mount Gambier on March 6. Police discovered he was driving without a current licence. The defendant’s prior history included a string of driving offences. Andrews told the court he had not used methamphetamines since he relocated from Adelaide about four months ago, but he had used cannabis on occasions. “Meth was the big thing that was wrecking my life,” he said. Magistrate Paul Foley acknowledged that Andrews was attempting to get his life back on track. “If I made the driving disqualification charges accumulative of one another you would be looking at eight or nine years without a licence and I don’t think that would be productive,” Mr Foley said. Andrews was sentenced to 42 days in prison, wholly suspended. He was placed on a good behaviour bond for 12 months and his vehicle was forfeited. Andrews was also fined, disqualified from driving for a total of four years and ordered to pay impounding fees. Jonathon Gemmell said he was enjoying the project. “I love all the skills we are learning and I hope to get a job in this field,” he said. Upon completion of the project, the ILC will sell the renovated hall with the profit assisting the development of their building trades program. The ILC has established a Mount Schank Memorial Award and an honour board in recognition of the skills the project will provide to the students. The Naracoorte Independent Learning Centre has also received a similar grant of $10,000 for a project to help students achieve life skills. Man fined over city bicycle theft A MOUNT Gambier man has been ordered to pay compensation after pawning a stolen bicycle to a secondhand dealer for a friend. Clifford Wilson, 29, pleaded guilty in the Mount Gambier Magistrates court on Wednesday to providing false documentation to a second hand dealer on May 1. He also pleaded guilty to a charge of driving while disqualified on July 29 last year. The more recent offending occurred at a store in a northern Adelaide suburb. Police prosecutor Sam Matilla said a bike was stolen from Adelaide’s central business district on May 1. Wilson told police he pawned the stolen bicycle for a friend and gave the friend the cash. Defence counsel James Nelson said his client had no knowledge the bike was stolen. He said a friend had asked Wilson to pawn the bike because he did not have identification at the time. Wilson “hasn’t benefited in any way”, Mr Nelson said. Magistrate Paul Foley convicted Wilson on both charges. 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Conditions published in Tuesday’s edition of The Border Watch and The South Eastern Times, and Wednesday’s edition of The Penola Pennant. SA Permit No.T14/471 $437,388 in community contributions Made possible by the customers Branch of Mount Gambier & District Community Bank® So make a difference - to your own banking and your community. Drop into Mount Gambier & District Community Bank Branch, 16 James Street, Mount Gambier Phone 8726 3200 • Facebook: MountGambierDistrictCommunityBankBranch The Border Watch, Tuesday, May 27, 2014 - 7 • • L A H S C O 644328